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Has anyone ever had to deal with porch pirates? I see stories on the news all the time, but never had an issue until just recently. An Amazon package was stolen from our front porch yesterday sometime between 10:00 and 1:00. We don't have one of those video/security doorbells, but I am seriously considering getting one now.
It was only a $7.50 plastic bowl, thankfully, but it is the principle of the thing. I am a little upset with the post office because I was home at the time it was apparently delivered, but the carrier never rang the doorbell or knocked. The tracking number says that it was delivered at 10:04 a.m. and my wife got the mail around lunchtime.
For whatever reason, there was a delay between the time it was delivered and the time I got my pop-up text notice that is automatically set up with Amazon. I got a text alert at 1:49 p.m. that the item was delivered. So I immediately upon getting the text message went out front to grab and inspect my new bowl - only to find nothing there!
When I went to the post office about an hour ago, after doing some checking in back, the employee told me that the item was delivered as indicated and that they have a GPS signal in their tracking device that pinpoints the exact location of where an item was left - so they can tell if it was delivered to a back door or left with a neighbor, etc.
Really steamed right now! I'm not sure if I will be able to get a replacement or a refund or nothing, but I am going through the steps posted on Amazon to see. Thankfully, the birthday gift for my wife, which was part of the same order, was shipped and received separately a few days ago.
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How infuriating! The nerve of people to steal from others. So far, Amazon or whatever merchant we've used, have put our packages in the back instead of on the front step which is visible from the street. I think that really helps for us.
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That’s terrible. I have to agree the post office, fedex, UPS, and Amazon never ring the bell. I have an L shaped ranch home and we live in the family room. My dogs will alert me someone is walking up the driveway so I look out the window to see them either put or throw the package on the porch. Ringing the doorbell never crossed their minds. I hope you can either get your money back or a replacement free
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We have a Ring Doorbell and a loud dog too, so have not lost any of the many shipments I get, but I have often wondered if Amazon replaces them if they do get stolen.
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Has anyone ever had to deal with porch pirates? I see stories on the news all the time, but never had an issue until just recently. An Amazon package was stolen from our front porch yesterday sometime between 10:00 and 1:00. We don't have one of those video/security doorbells, but I am seriously considering getting one now.
It was only a $7.50 plastic bowl, thankfully, but it is the principle of the thing. I am a little upset with the post office because I was home at the time it was apparently delivered, but the carrier never rang the doorbell or knocked. The tracking number says that it was delivered at 10:04 a.m. and my wife got the mail around lunchtime.
For whatever reason, there was a delay between the time it was delivered and the time I got my pop-up text notice that is automatically set up with Amazon. I got a text alert at 1:49 p.m. that the item was delivered. So I immediately upon getting the text message went out front to grab and inspect my new bowl - only to find nothing there!
When I went to the post office about an hour ago, after doing some checking in back, the employee told me that the item was delivered as indicated and that they have a GPS signal in their tracking device that pinpoints the exact location of where an item was left - so they can tell if it was delivered to a back door or left with a neighbor, etc.
Really steamed right now! I'm not sure if I will be able to get a replacement or a refund or nothing, but I am going through the steps posted on Amazon to see. Thankfully, the birthday gift for my wife, which was part of the same order, was shipped and received separately a few days ago.
Post Office once misdelivered a huge box to a neighbor of mine. After a visit to the branch PO, the manager figured out from the GPS what address it was misdelivered to, and I went after it! It had been opened, but was complete and the neighbor said he never looked at the addressee, thought perhaps his wife ordered something. Please check that avenue, delivered to a closely numbered address is possible!
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I have been fortunate so far but have been ordering more things online because of quarantine - let us know how you make out with amazon and whether they replace it or not.
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I haven't personally had any issue. I know there was a streak of them going on around town, but luckily it didn't affect my things.
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What a shame, UGetPaid! But like you said, at least it was only a $7.50 bowl. But the nerve of some people! I think most of us, if not all, would never dream of just going up to someone's porch or front door and just taking what they bought with their hard-earned money. Well, I guess it takes all kinds. But I think Fedex, UPS, and USPS ought to make it a matter of procedure to ring the doorbell or knock on the door when a package is delivered, even if it's just to let you know it's there before they walk back to their truck, especially with porch pirates on the prowl! :peace: :heart:
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Ever think of boxing up some poopie diapers and doggie yard waste? :turkey: :sad1:
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Wow, that's messed up. I am lucky to live up a long lane on the side of a mt. so it is unlikely anything would get stolen from us. However it is frustrating that neither the UPS or USPS ever ring the door bell or knock. It usually just get a text saying it is delivered. It would be really nice if they at least tried to let me know they delivered something. Problem is that smaller stuff is left in our mailbox at the end of the lane and could be easily taken until one of us goes after the mail.
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It really does not matter what was stolen or how much it cost. It is yours and nobody has the right to take it. I would start with looking at the delivery method. Who delivered it? Go to them and question the driver as to where they left it. And just because the package was supposedly scanned and said it was left doesn't mean it was. Just sayin'. I am having a lot of issues with Fedex right now. They want to toss packages out at the road in front of the house because they are too lazy to come to the door. Anyway, I do not live in an area where it is likely that would happen. You can't see the doors from the road well enough to tell their is a package. I would likely look at a neighbor first if something disappeared but I really don't think they would take anything. And you have no idea who all has cameras and whether I did or not I would act like I did. Hopefully you can get your stuff replaced.
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That’s terrible. I have to agree the post office, fedex, UPS, and Amazon never ring the bell. I have an L shaped ranch home and we live in the family room. My dogs will alert me someone is walking up the driveway so I look out the window to see them either put or throw the package on the porch. Ringing the doorbell never crossed their minds. I hope you can either get your money back or a replacement free
They do not have to ring the doorbell. A lot of people do not know that. Use to I think they knocked and waited for an answer and only left outside if no one came to the door. They are so over loaded with deliveries right now you are lucky to get it at all. :( When you have 800 to 1000 packages to deliver - you drop the package as quickly as possible and go on to the next one.
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Has anyone ever had to deal with porch pirates? I see stories on the news all the time, but never had an issue until just recently. An Amazon package was stolen from our front porch yesterday sometime between 10:00 and 1:00. We don't have one of those video/security doorbells, but I am seriously considering getting one now.
It was only a $7.50 plastic bowl, thankfully, but it is the principle of the thing. I am a little upset with the post office because I was home at the time it was apparently delivered, but the carrier never rang the doorbell or knocked. The tracking number says that it was delivered at 10:04 a.m. and my wife got the mail around lunchtime.
For whatever reason, there was a delay between the time it was delivered and the time I got my pop-up text notice that is automatically set up with Amazon. I got a text alert at 1:49 p.m. that the item was delivered. So I immediately upon getting the text message went out front to grab and inspect my new bowl - only to find nothing there!
When I went to the post office about an hour ago, after doing some checking in back, the employee told me that the item was delivered as indicated and that they have a GPS signal in their tracking device that pinpoints the exact location of where an item was left - so they can tell if it was delivered to a back door or left with a neighbor, etc.
Really steamed right now! I'm not sure if I will be able to get a replacement or a refund or nothing, but I am going through the steps posted on Amazon to see. Thankfully, the birthday gift for my wife, which was part of the same order, was shipped and received separately a few days ago.
Post Office once misdelivered a huge box to a neighbor of mine. After a visit to the branch PO, the manager figured out from the GPS what address it was misdelivered to, and I went after it! It had been opened, but was complete and the neighbor said he never looked at the addressee, thought perhaps his wife ordered something. Please check that avenue, delivered to a closely numbered address is possible!
It amazes me at how many people make that claim. I always look at envelopes or packages delivered to my house to see who it is from and who it is addressed to. I had a UPS coming once, not long ago, and he left the wrong package at my house. I caught him before he left. I knew it was not the right size for what I ordered.
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What a shame, UGetPaid! But like you said, at least it was only a $7.50 bowl. But the nerve of some people! I think most of us, if not all, would never dream of just going up to someone's porch or front door and just taking what they bought with their hard-earned money. Well, I guess it takes all kinds. But I think Fedex, UPS, and USPS ought to make it a matter of procedure to ring the doorbell or knock on the door when a package is delivered, even if it's just to let you know it's there before they walk back to their truck, especially with porch pirates on the prowl! :peace: :heart:
A lot of them do. Just a quick knock most likely will not be heard. They have a ton of work to do and do not have time to wait on you to come to the door. Most people don't answer the door anyway. I have even seen a huge convo on here people screaming don't knock on my door and don't bother me. So there is no way for them to win. I actually have something coming today. Hopefully I will be back home from church before it is delivered.
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Wow, that's messed up. I am lucky to live up a long lane on the side of a mt. so it is unlikely anything would get stolen from us. However it is frustrating that neither the UPS or USPS ever ring the door bell or knock. It usually just get a text saying it is delivered. It would be really nice if they at least tried to let me know they delivered something. Problem is that smaller stuff is left in our mailbox at the end of the lane and could be easily taken until one of us goes after the mail.
So that is happening every where. I have complained multiple times about Fedex being in my mailbox. I looked for 30 minutes for a package delivered on a Sunday a while back. Finally after calling the 800 number they told me to look in the mailbox. I think that driver was fired.
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i have heard of a lot of people taking someones stuff..luckily nothing yet...all of our delivery people have knocked on the door and i immediately get a text that i have a delivery..hope amazon will help you out...people are crazy now...no respect for others...
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It is a shame that this is happening. It is very disappointing to have stuff stolen from your porch
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we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
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we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.
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I hope you can either get your money back or a replacement free
Strike one on the seller, but I was required to reach out to them first before asking Amazon for a refund. I gave them the basic details contained in my first post here. Their response = "I am sorry have you tried opening a missing package claim through USPS? Unfortunately, once a package leaves our warehouse we are no longer responsible. I apologize for the inconvenience."
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This is why Amazon installed the "lockBoxes" all over the city! You have the code and only you can retrieve the package. Not as convenient but safe.
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we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.
OR you could have delivery notifications set up so that as soon as it is scanned as delivered you get a notification either via text or in the app of the delivery method. You can also go in to the fedex and ups app both and change the delivery date so if say you are going to be home Thursday but the package is suppose to come Wednesday you can change it to come Thursday when you are there. Most people don't live in a dungeon so when vehicles pull in to their drive they hear them. Not to mention the people who have cameras and would also be notified that someone had entered their property. All kinds of ways to know a package has arrived without sitting on the porch.
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I hope you can either get your money back or a replacement free
Strike one on the seller, but I was required to reach out to them first before asking Amazon for a refund. I gave them the basic details contained in my first post here. Their response = "I am sorry have you tried opening a missing package claim through USPS? Unfortunately, once a package leaves our warehouse we are no longer responsible. I apologize for the inconvenience."
Wow. I guess they have so many who try to get a second package for free they don't replace them any longer. In their defense it really is not their fault and putting yourself in their place YOU as the company owner should not have to be out the money. IF it was delivered to your home and then was stolen from your home it really isn't the person you purchased it from fault. Most times I am here when I get a delivery. And my neighborhood is pretty safe as far as packages not being stolen. So far anyway. Sorry that happened. I know I would be frustrated. And would def look in to cameras.
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This is why Amazon installed the "lockBoxes" all over the city! You have the code and only you can retrieve the package. Not as convenient but safe.
Depends on where you live. I have never heard of an Amazon lock box. When I was working where I was away from home all day I would have things delivered to somewhere else where I knew somebody could take the package. I have had people have stuff delivered to my house when they knew I would be home to get the package for them.
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This is why Amazon installed the "lockBoxes" all over the city! You have the code and only you can retrieve the package. Not as convenient but safe.
Depends on where you live. I have never heard of an Amazon lock box. When I was working where I was away from home all day I would have things delivered to somewhere else where I knew somebody could take the package. I have had people have stuff delivered to my house when they knew I would be home to get the package for them.
Maybe they are only in large cities. We have one at the convenience store 1 block away!
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No problem with porch stealing as we live in a very rural area but we do have problems with the delivery guys. The usps and ups are great but the FED EX folks just cannot get it right. One actually threw our package up on the porch instead of climbing the stairs! Fortunately for him I was watching him when he drove up and it was obvious from his body language that he was having a bad day, and, the item was a soft pack item that could not break, so, I did not report him. Usually, FEDEX drops them by the garage door instead of coming up the steps to the front door. No much of a problem until the don't deliver but leave a note there that no one was home! Yup - we were home but no door bell on the downstairs garage door! Such laziness. More on the reason why later.
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Start having deliveries to your moms who is always home
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i make sure that any deliveries go to my work so this doenst happen to me. Iam sorry but who knows what willhappen out there with the world as it is right now
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I havent personally but I know people who have
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I'm always home, but the delivery people never even ring the doorbell or knock so it is a surprise to find a package on my step or to get a message saying it has been delivered. Good thing is that no one ever comes up our long and rough driveway so they are pretty safe.
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i make sure that any deliveries go to my work so this doenst happen to me. Iam sorry but who knows what willhappen out there with the world as it is right now
I usually have done this in the past, but I have been working primarily from home over the past several months - so it made more sense to have all deliveries sent to my home address.
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we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.
OR you could have delivery notifications set up so that as soon as it is scanned as delivered you get a notification either via text or in the app of the delivery method. You can also go in to the fedex and ups app both and change the delivery date so if say you are going to be home Thursday but the package is suppose to come Wednesday you can change it to come Thursday when you are there. Most people don't live in a dungeon so when vehicles pull in to their drive they hear them. Not to mention the people who have cameras and would also be notified that someone had entered their property. All kinds of ways to know a package has arrived without sitting on the porch.
Thanks guys, this is all good advice and commentary in general, but very little of it applies to me in this case.
In this case, I was home when the delivery was made.
I was sitting in my bedroom, which is immediately on the other side of the front wall of my house - literally less than ten feet away from my front porch.
I have delivery notifications set up by text message and when I got the notification (at 1:49 p.m.) I immediately got up and went to the front door to pick up my package. Problem is that the notification didn't come through on my phone until almost four hours after the actual delivery at 10:04 a.m.
While I don't live in a dungeon - I do live on a very busy street with a lot of vehicular traffic. Our "driveway" is less than a single car length long that you cannot pull into and park - it is basically just the sidewalk apron in front of our garage door and most of the houses on our street just parallel park their cars on the street. We are a two car family and my wife gets the garage. So with all of the traffic going by - there is no open and obvious notice of a delivery coming to our door - unless the delivery person rings the doorbell.
Which brings me back full circle. I think that a doorbell camera is probably my only solution in this case. I have looked into them in the past, but hadn't wanted to spend the money for one. But if I want to continue getting deliveries at home, I may have to. The last time I seriously considered it was several years ago when there was an apparent shootout right outside my front door and the perps left several bullet casings and one live bullet in that same area where my package was recently stolen...
The GOOD news is that Amazon just came through and credited my account for the stolen package purchase last night.
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Whenever we get packages in our area the drivers ring the bell and yell out Fed or UPS or whoever they are. They have had a lot of porch pirates in our area. Most of the neighbors have packages dropped at my house because with the work schedules we have, someone is always home during the day.
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Sorry to hear of your loss. Had not have anything missing off my porch but am retired and I make sure I am home when expecting a delivery.
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i dont like any one who steals from others.
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we try our best to only have packages delivered on days we are home.
These guys are so brazen, you would not only need to be home but be sitting on the porch waiting for the delivery man (or woman) so you could take it inside as soon as it arrived.
OR you could have delivery notifications set up so that as soon as it is scanned as delivered you get a notification either via text or in the app of the delivery method. You can also go in to the fedex and ups app both and change the delivery date so if say you are going to be home Thursday but the package is suppose to come Wednesday you can change it to come Thursday when you are there. Most people don't live in a dungeon so when vehicles pull in to their drive they hear them. Not to mention the people who have cameras and would also be notified that someone had entered their property. All kinds of ways to know a package has arrived without sitting on the porch.
Thanks guys, this is all good advice and commentary in general, but very little of it applies to me in this case.
In this case, I was home when the delivery was made.
I was sitting in my bedroom, which is immediately on the other side of the front wall of my house - literally less than ten feet away from my front porch.
I have delivery notifications set up by text message and when I got the notification (at 1:49 p.m.) I immediately got up and went to the front door to pick up my package. Problem is that the notification didn't come through on my phone until almost four hours after the actual delivery at 10:04 a.m.
While I don't live in a dungeon - I do live on a very busy street with a lot of vehicular traffic. Our "driveway" is less than a single car length long that you cannot pull into and park - it is basically just the sidewalk apron in front of our garage door and most of the houses on our street just parallel park their cars on the street. We are a two car family and my wife gets the garage. So with all of the traffic going by - there is no open and obvious notice of a delivery coming to our door - unless the delivery person rings the doorbell.
Which brings me back full circle. I think that a doorbell camera is probably my only solution in this case. I have looked into them in the past, but hadn't wanted to spend the money for one. But if I want to continue getting deliveries at home, I may have to. The last time I seriously considered it was several years ago when there was an apparent shootout right outside my front door and the perps left several bullet casings and one live bullet in that same area where my package was recently stolen...
The GOOD news is that Amazon just came through and credited my account for the stolen package purchase last night.
Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red. Something else you may not know but with UPS and Fedex both you can add delivery instructions to your package if you set up an account with them. It does not cost anything to set up the account. You can specify please ring the bell. Or to put in a specific place. Esp if you have problems with people stealing. My street is a dead end street and it is a distance from the road to my house. I would def look in to the door bell camera. But before I accused somebody of stealing I would also look at the delivery driver. They can scan it saying they delivered it and not even have got out of the truck. You have dishonest people every where.
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Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red.
I just was responding to several comments from different users in a single post, so I decided to highlight in red the quoted parts that I was responding to. So I didn't change anything, but the red text color. I thought it would be easier to see what I was specifically responding to rather than cutting individual snippet/segments out of the original context.
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Has anyone ever had to deal with porch pirates? I see stories on the news all the time, but never had an issue until just recently. An Amazon package was stolen from our front porch yesterday sometime between 10:00 and 1:00. We don't have one of those video/security doorbells, but I am seriously considering getting one now.
It was only a $7.50 plastic bowl, thankfully, but it is the principle of the thing. I am a little upset with the post office because I was home at the time it was apparently delivered, but the carrier never rang the doorbell or knocked. The tracking number says that it was delivered at 10:04 a.m. and my wife got the mail around lunchtime.
For whatever reason, there was a delay between the time it was delivered and the time I got my pop-up text notice that is automatically set up with Amazon. I got a text alert at 1:49 p.m. that the item was delivered. So I immediately upon getting the text message went out front to grab and inspect my new bowl - only to find nothing there!
When I went to the post office about an hour ago, after doing some checking in back, the employee told me that the item was delivered as indicated and that they have a GPS signal in their tracking device that pinpoints the exact location of where an item was left - so they can tell if it was delivered to a back door or left with a neighbor, etc.
Really steamed right now! I'm not sure if I will be able to get a replacement or a refund or nothing, but I am going through the steps posted on Amazon to see. Thankfully, the birthday gift for my wife, which was part of the same order, was shipped and received separately a few days ago.
Hi!
Sorry that really sucks. I hope you will get a refund. It is a shame we can't trust each other.
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Did you change my post? I did not change any of my text to red.
I just was responding to several comments from different users in a single post, so I decided to highlight in red the quoted parts that I was responding to. So I didn't change anything, but the red text color. I thought it would be easier to see what I was specifically responding to rather than cutting individual snippet/segments out of the original context.
Oh ok. I did not think anything I done could have changed my text to red here and there. But you never know.
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If you have the room on your propperty you should consider getting a box you can bolt down in the ground that is big enough for most packages that you can litterally give a copy of the key to fed ex or ups for deliverys based off of theft in the area so you keep your stuff safe and nothing happens. This way if someone tries to steal from you they wont most likely. Most thiefs will want to get in and out in general and most likely not mess with something they have to try to break to get open
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If you have the room on your propperty you should consider getting a box you can bolt down in the ground that is big enough for most packages that you can litterally give a copy of the key to fed ex or ups for deliverys based off of theft in the area so you keep your stuff safe and nothing happens. This way if someone tries to steal from you they wont most likely. Most thiefs will want to get in and out in general and most likely not mess with something they have to try to break to get open
What is the deal with the over use of the word "literally" lately? smh
You can't give the delivery drivers a key. And they would not take it nor fool with it. If you are that scared of packages being stolen you need to pick it up at the hub. First off you do not have the same delivery driver every day. We have subs and fill ins all the time. And the drivers do not have time to try to keep up with your key. Or multiple keys if several people want to do this.
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Normally stuff like this is mostly talked about around holiday time. Since covid happen and still going on that's picked up. Its kinda messed up to because the thief's are getting braver by stealing packages while some are actually home. Which is a scary scenerio actually walking out while someones doing it
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I feel for you! A lot mail/packages get stolen.
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Hate when this stuff happens you order something its delivered just for someone to steal it. I love it when some people fight back video it and turn those thiefs in or just get a good gag out of them. If you look on youtube you could find like a glitter bomb for porch pirate who thinks he or shes getting something of worth but when they open the box all they get is a face full of glitter. Seriously for a second people should invest in cameras that record that way if you are stollen from you can turn in the person. Id plaster that stuff all over every website that shows mostly for your area where you live that you can so everyone can know these people are crooked thiefs and see it for first hand. Most of the people caught doing this are mostly local to the towns or city they are in so someone has to know them if they see them on camera
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No, haven't seen it yet. But agree that delivery boxes are everywhere now on people's porches.
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No, haven't seen it yet. But agree that delivery boxes are everywhere now on people's porches.
Because everyone is ordering way more online instead of going to the store. At least the packages get taken to the porches. In our area FedEx is bad for throwing packages out at the mailbox in front of people's house because they are too lazy to take to the door.
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Porch Pirates are awful.
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I have a big posted note for all delivery persons to ring the doorbell when delivering packages. There is always some here 24/7 and we do not live in the best part of town.And it is not right for anyone to take a package off of any ones porch :peace:
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That's just terrible that someone stole something from you like that. Please let us know in another post whether amazon replaces or refunds your item or not. I am really curious to know what amazon does in the case of theft like that - whether they consider themselves liable or not.
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Please let us know in another post whether amazon replaces or refunds your item or not. I am really curious to know what amazon does in the case of theft like that - whether they consider themselves liable or not.
I had updated earlier in the thread = Amazon did issue a refund of the price of this item. :thumbsup:
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I have seen a lot of complaints about that, fortunately for us so far it's been good; but that would be very annoying to have a package delivered and then someone just helped themselves to it!